| Cyprus at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | CYP |
| NOC | Cyprus Olympic Committee |
| Website | olympic |
| in Innsbruck | |
| Competitors | 1 in 1 sport |
| Flag bearer | Dinos Lefkaritis [1] |
| Medals |
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| Winter Youth Olympics appearances | |
Cyprus competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. The Cypriot team was made up of one athlete, an alpine skier. [2]
Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, located south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel, north of Egypt, and southeast of Greece.
The 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games, officially known as the I Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG), were an international multi-sport event for youths that took place in Innsbruck, on 13–22 January 2012. They were the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics, a major sports and cultural festival celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games. Approximately 1100 athletes from 70 countries competed. The decision for Innsbruck to host the Games was announced on 12 December 2008 after mail voting by 105 International Olympic Committee (IOC) members. Innsbruck is the first city to host three winter Olympic events, having previously hosted the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1976 Winter Olympics.
Innsbruck is the capital city of Tyrol in western Austria and the fifth-largest city in Austria. It is in the Inn valley, at its junction with the Wipp valley, which provides access to the Brenner Pass some 30 km (18.6 mi) to the south.
